Missionaries

Elisabeth Elliot’s Bible, New International Version

Collection ID

BIB.005077

Type

Bible - Printed Book

Date

1987

Geography

United States

Language

English

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

5.8 × 3.9 × 9.8 in. (14.8 × 10 × 25 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

This New International Version (NIV) Bible belonged to Elisabeth Elliot. Gifted to her from the Moody Bible Institute in 1988, it is filled with Elisabeth’s handwritten notes and printed clippings important to her. One such quote, found facing the title page, reads, “One of the martyrs: ‘you take a life from me that I cannot keep, and bestow a life upon me that I cannot lose.” Another reads, “My purpose: To link earthly life w.[with] heavenly principles; to lift our eyes from the v.[very] visible, v.[very] tangible, often v. [very] painful circ.[circumstances] in which we find ourselves to the invisible level on wh.[which] all things are finally interpreted.” Elisabeth Elliot served as a stylistic consultant for the committee of the NIV. The contents page bears a note stating that she circled the books of the Bible she consulted on for the committee.

Printed in 1987, published by Zondervan Bible Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Acquired by Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois;[1] Gifted on April 30, 1988, to Elisabeth Elliot, Magnolia, Massachusetts;[2] Via widowerhood in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

Notes: [1] Inscription on the front endpaper reads, “Gift from the Moody Bible Institute 4/30/88.” [2] Inscription on the front endpaper bears the name Elisabeth Gren. Elisabeth married Lars Gren in 1977 but continued to use her first married name, Elliot, for publications.

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